Eating melons

Chapter 636: Living frugally

Gradually, the courtyard of the new educated youth was completed. It cannot be said to be the courtyard of the new educated youth, after all, only two of the new educated youth built houses, while three of the old educated youth built houses.

As the house was gradually completed, time passed and the new educated youth's food supply began to run out.

At first, when the new educated youth saw that food was running out, they did not take it seriously, but immediately went to the brigade to buy food.

Although the brigade's food was a little more expensive than the food at the grain station, no food coupons were required, so everyone felt they were getting a good deal.

But some people also noticed that something was wrong. Although they had gained an advantage, if they continued like this, they would starve.

At first, they looked at the issue of buying food according to their family's ideas. Since their family also had to buy food every month, they felt that they were getting a good deal and did not notice anything wrong.

But a few girls gradually realized that something was wrong. Their families had to buy food every month, but their families received a salary every month, but they did not receive a salary every month.

From the time I went to the countryside until now, I haven't received a penny, but the money I have is getting less and less.

The others received food when the grain was distributed. Although they don’t have money to spend now, they don’t need to buy food because they have enough food for a year.

If they continue like this, they will run out of money.

If they spend and eat like this every month, their money will run out and they won't be able to buy food.

The person who discovered this matter did not hide it and told other educated youth about it.

With this reminder, everyone realized that their situation was different from that at home. They did not receive a salary every month. They only had the little money they had, and they had to rely on their savings to buy food.

This discovery was undoubtedly a fatal blow to everyone.

It’s easier for those who have help at home, at least they have some source of income.

Those who have no help at home can only rely on the work points they earn after the autumn harvest.

But they didn't have many work points, so they couldn't get much money or food.

They just hope that the brigade’s breeding farm can sell them at a good price, so that when the money is divided, the unit price of their work points can be higher, making their work points more valuable and allowing them to get more money.

However, this is bound to disappoint them, as there is no money to be distributed this year.

After all, we need to buy a tractor, which is a big item. We didn't get any distribution last year, and this year we have to pay for most of the pigs on the farm to be able to afford the tractor, so there is no spare money at all, so where can we get the money to distribute?

Among those educated youth who had support from their families, only Hu Shixiu and Wang Shiyou's families could provide some support.

But the two were not optimistic. Their families could provide support, but it was impossible for them to receive support every month. They did not have that much money. The support they received throughout the year could not buy them two months' worth of food.

So here you mainly rely on your own savings and the work points you earn, so you still have to be frugal.

Therefore, after a month of squandering, the new educated youth had to start living frugally.

Seeing them like this, the old educated youth understood and knew that they had reacted.

They thought that the educated youth would feel the effects of the food after a few days.

After all, no other family in the brigade eats like this. You should be able to tell by watching them eat a meal.

The new educated youth did not have a vegetable garden, so they did not grow vegetables. After what happened before, the old educated youth naturally could not let them eat vegetables, as they did not have enough to eat themselves.

Therefore, the new educated youth all went to the team to buy vegetables. The old educated youth thought that they would know about this matter in a few days, but they didn't expect it to take a month to find out.

The old educated youth rolled their eyes at them.

Among the old educated youth, Liu Yang and Li Hong are both relatively good people, and Wang Ying has also become much more honest after learning a lesson.

Now that the house is built, it is natural for us to get together. Building a house requires warming up the house. This is the custom here.

Among the new educated youth, Hu Shixiu and Wang Shiyou were the most observant.

Li Hong and Liu Yang, who were usually frugal, became busy and started purchasing things. I hurriedly asked what was going on.

Seeing that it was Hu Shixiu, Li Hong and Wang Ying's attitudes became a little better and they were willing to give her some advice or two.

The main reason was that this group of new educated youth gave them a very bad impression, and among this group of new educated youth, only they had a slightly better impression of Hu Shixiu.

Apart from making a few suggestions at the beginning, Hu Shixiu remained silent and never took the initiative to cause trouble. Therefore, Wang Ying and Li Hong could still put on a good face to Hu Shixiu.

As for Wang Shiyou, Li Hong and Wang Ying didn't want to bother with him.

Although this person is quite good at observing people's words and expressions and doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, he is too nosy. He doesn't have the ability to do so, but he still meddles in other people's affairs, which has caused a lot of trouble, so they don't want to pay attention to him.